>>We are looking for quite some time for a replacement for our VFP framework, so we looked at Lianja, Servoy, WinDev, HTML5+CSS etc. But what about going to ASP MVC, that would solve most issues at hand:
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>>Development in Visual Studio
>>Cross platform
>>Webenabled
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>>What more are we looking for, or are there disadvantages of ASP MVC that I am not aware of?
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>I would love to give you a silver bullet answer, a firm thumbs up or thumbs down, but I can't and doubt anyone else can, either. MVC has its enthusiasts and its detractors. Personally I like it, and have invested some time learning it, for two primary reasons:
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>1. There are lots of job openings for those with ASP.NET MVC skills. It you work for a company where you are happy that may not be much of a factor for you.
>2. The clean 3 tier architecture. I like it that you can make changes, even substantial ones, to one tier without impacting the others. To change the back end database, for instance, you only have to change the Model (data) tier. "Separation of concerns" is the architecture buzz phrase du jour. There is a reason the MVC pattern has stood the test of time. It actually goes back to the 1970s; the application to ASP is the new part.
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>There are some good books out there and also many web sites you might want to check out. Here are a few:
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>http://www.asp.net/mvc
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg416514%28VS.98%29.aspx
>http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/ (the guy who applied the MVC pattern to ASP.NET, reputedly on a plane trip)
>http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2011/03/17/asp-net-mvc-3-roundup-of-tutorials-videos-labs-and-other-assorted-training-materials.aspx
>http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/default.aspx
>http://haacked.com/
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>There are many, many more. The level of involvement and excitement remind me of the FoxPro community in the early 1990s.

Thanks, everything what you say confirms that this is a way worth pursuing. Three years ago we were seriously looking at Silverlight thinking this is a powerful cross platform web client, therefore we are now very careful not to make a decision that we will regret in a few years from now.